The R42 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company between 1969 and 1970 for the IND / BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R42 fleet, numbered …

R-42 car 4800 leads a J train inbound at Hewes Street on the BMT Jamaica Line. Photo by David Pirmann, August 2008. Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. The last of the R …

MTA New York City Transit retired the last remaining R42 subway cars from service on Feb. 12, 2020, ending a 51-year run that began in May 1969. The cars have been used on all NYCT B …

Feb 10, 2020 · I have fond memories of the R42 cars. The air conditioning was a welcome relief from the insufferable summer subway conditions of the previous car fleets. The front railfan …

5 days ago · That’s when the last of the R42 subway cars took a farewell ride on a train packed with rail aficionados. Built between 1969 and 1970 by the long-defunct St. Louis Car …

When first introduced, the R-42 replaced the Standard and R-1 subway cars, many of which had been in service since the subway lines they ran on had first opened—in the case of the …

Feb 12, 2020 · On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority debuted two open-gangway cars on the crosstown subway line, marking just the second line in the system to use …

Feb 13, 2020 · Straphangers can say goodbye to one set of NYC Transit subway cars that predate the moon landing. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday bade …

R42 train car used for maintainence purposes running on the F line The R42 was a train that was built between 1969 and 1970. There were 400 train cars in the fleet which were numbered …

Feb 12, 2020 · The R-42 subway car fleet, which debuted in 1969, made its final run along the "A" line before being taken out of service. "It served New York well. New Yorkers love these …